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[takethewin]

"I plan to do exactly that in a novel called The Player. It will be mostly about taking down Atlantic City on the BJ tables. I already have publishers. Its a question of finding the time. Many, many have made the same suggestion. It certainly beats beating my head against a wall as I'm doing here."

i can see a mega box office hit comin' off this book, but i think you need some las vegas in there too, what actor best describes your personality, just for the fun of it, who would you like to see play your part, and the woman or women in your life, man this could be bigtime, gambling, blackjack, card counting, and then the evolution to baccarat, you'd think the casino's would help promote this thing.

[Mike]

Oh that reminds me. I tried to register on this forum under my rightful name, E. Clifton Davis, but was refused saying that user name was already taken. I'm obviously not a computer person. They came after my time. Can anyone explain that to me? Mike? Anybody?

Ellis,

No one has your name registered, the board automatically rejects any name that has spaces, periods, or special characters ($, ^, etc.) The only characters allowed are letters (upper-case and lower-case) and/or numbers. I've now adjusted the error text in the registration screen to make note of this fact for newly registering users.

For example, if you'd like, you can register under the name ECliftonDavis, but E. Clifton Davis would be auto-rejected due to the spaces and period.

I can change your username to ECliftonDavis if you'd like (keeping all your posts attributed to the new name). Let me know via reply to this post or private message.

[Ellis]

I understand Mike. I thought it must be something like that. Thanks for the info.

[Ellis]

I was thinking Nicolas Cage. He plays a hi IQ part well. As for the patient wife waiting at home, who do you think? My wife Kathy was extremly encouraging. How many wives usher their college professor husband out the door to go gambling in AC. Who could make that role believable?

Cage could also handle the couple rough scenes. No, I don't mean the back rooms of the casinos. I've been in plenty of those but in spite of what you read these days, they were always extremely polite to me.

I mean the Boardwalk! For all its hustling bustling crowds during the day, at late night it turns dramatically into the lonliest most dangerous place you could ever be. The rollers under the boardwalk can hear you coming a half mile away. Those boards have a reverberating echo piercing the silence of the night. And you have thousands of dollars on you and they know it. There were no banks, cages or cash machines back then. Then one late night sure enough. There were two of them and one of me. I saw them coming up the stairs from the beach. There is no place to run so I quickened my already fast pace and headed straight at them. I saw their body language melt from intent to perplexed. As I approached them I pulled just the handle out of a huge black hair brush I kept for just that purpose from the inside breast pocket of my black leather jacket. The second headed back for the stairs immediately but the first held his ground. " A beautiful night, isn't it," he said. "Yep and its gonna stay that way" I said as I brushed him aside.

Then there was the night they tried to break into my suite on the first floor of The Sands. But I'll save that for the book.

"The cards came whispering down the table at him as the Player gazed transfixed from third base!"

So guys, what do you think ? Could I tell the story?

[Ellis]

Oh Mike, I forgot. Thanks for the offer but it isn't necessary. Ellis is fine. The whole gambling world knows me under both names anyway. I should have tried UncleEllis but that's OK. I don't plan to be here long anyway. BTW, I like your forum - at least for the most part.

[Ellis]

BTW takethe win, while no one in the game counts faster than I do (I can count a deck down in 13 seconds flat and tell you if the card you removed was Hi, Lo, or Neutral), I don't count. I strictly play NBJ. I started with NBJ and averaged about $70,000 a month in current dollars playing AC full time. Then I tried card counting and lost $40,000 a month for three months in spite of my speed and total knowledge of card counting. Now I may not be the sharpest tool in the box but even I knew that there was something very wrong with that picture. I went right back to NBJ and right back to $70,000 a month.

Just to give you an idea here's a post I answered today on my BJ forum.

Re: Machines cannot beat me
Quote:
Originally Posted by JackyWing
Hello All,

I played a table where i lost significant amount of money, i was not able to guess any of the cards, there was a pattern but i was not able to guess it, to my opinion there is hi following hi, low following low & hi following low at the same time.

hi-lo was a disaster, had low cards after the real count was +12 (twice).

lost 2 rounds with my 21 because the dealer has a 21 :S.

What is really stunning is how come around 80 % of the 4's are followed by 7's then followed by 10's ? same thing for the 2's 9's and 10's ...

Is there anyway to predict the behavior of the one2six machine? there is definitely an algorithm, I saw the inside of the one2six machine there is around 50 slots for cards, all you need is a scanner and you can then draw the algorithm you wish.

how can one predict the first card?

Hi Jacjy, excellent post.

First, while there were other signs, on top of a bad shoe, when a dealer pushes your 21 twice in a row it is passed time to leave this table. You definitely over stayed your welcome. Whenever you don't feel comfortable with 19 its time to leave. Don't challenge a tough table. The object is to find an easy table.

Second, stop counting! Not only is it useless in the shoe game. it prevents you from monitoring the important things in the game because you were too busy counting.

The 4 thing was a freak of that game but 10,s often follow 7's. But 10's follow 2's so frequently that you are best off to regard a 2 as a 10.

You didn't give me enough information to be sure but it sounds like highs were following highs about equally to lows following highs. That is random cards. In random cards your best position, by far, is third base because at third your cards are most like the dealer's. Play a 3 bet (never more) progression from 3rd. Start low like 1,1,2. Play basic strategy except only double on your very best double hands like 11 vs 6. Note how often you are
losing 3 hands in a row. If its more than once a shoe leave that table. But if all goes well QUICKLY advance your prog to 123, then 134 and if all is still going well, 146.

Now, if the cards are clumped: You will know because you'll see high counts in both directions. But you can tell quickly W/O counting because highs will be following highs a lot more than lows are following highs.

In clumped cards play first base. Do not bet a prog. Advantage bet. You've got a lo bet and a hi bet. 1,2 will usually do the trick. Watch the last cards dealt in the prior round. When they are mostly lo bet your small bet. When they are high bet your high bet. You are betting on a first card ten. Don't play with more than 3 players. Head to head is best.

If you are doing well predicting your first card tens, also start insurring against dealer Aces whenever the third base players 2nd card is a ten. You'll win more than half and they pay 2 to 1.

OK, that's a little taste of NBJ. There is a whole lot more to learn whenever you've got $500 to spare.

Meanwhile Rule #1 is NEVER stay in a losing game.

Good luck from Ellis!
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[malcop]

I was thinking Nicolas Cage. He plays a hi IQ part well. As for the patient wife waiting at home, who do you think? My wife Kathy was extremly encouraging. How many wives usher their college professor husband out the door to go gambling in AC. Who could make that role believable?

Cage could also handle the couple rough scenes. No, I don't mean the back rooms of the casinos. I've been in plenty of those but in spite of what you read these days, they were always extremely polite to me.

I mean the Boardwalk! For all its hustling bustling crowds during the day, at late night it turns dramatically into the lonliest most dangerous place you could ever be. The rollers under the boardwalk can hear you coming a half mile away. Those boards have a reverberating echo piercing the silence of the night. And you have thousands of dollars on you and they know it. There were no banks, cages or cash machines back then. Then one late night sure enough. There were two of them and one of me. I saw them coming up the stairs from the beach. There is no place to run so I quickened my already fast pace and headed straight at them. I saw their body language melt from intent to perplexed. As I approached them I pulled just the handle out of a huge black hair brush I kept for just that purpose from the inside breast pocket of my black leather jacket. The second headed back for the stairs immediately but the first held his ground. " A beautiful night, isn't it," he said. "Yep and its gonna stay that way" I said as I brushed him aside.

Then there was the night they tried to break into my suite on the first floor of The Sands. But I'll save that for the book.

"The cards came whispering down the table at him as the Player gazed transfixed from third base!"

So guys, what do you think ? Could I tell the story?

I like it I like it alot